On February 14, 2025, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. terminated funding for three climate change and public health programs at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Climate Change and Health Initiative, the Climate Change and Health Research Coordinating Center, and the Climate and Health Scholars Program will no longer be funded by HHS, in accordance with President Trump’s executive order “Unleashing American Energy.”
The order calls for the revocation of several executive orders issued by former President Joe Biden to address climate change. The terminated programs focused on research and training to protect people from the health consequences of climate change.